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Pritam Kumar Panda, Ph.D.

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Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Pritam is a Research Scientist at Stanford University specializing in scalable ML systems and GenAI for healthcare. His work focuses on protein modeling and drug discovery, particularly developing battlefield-ready anesthetics. Described as intelligent and hardworking, he has a Ph. D. in Physics from Uppsala University and is a recognized Nextflow Ambassador.

He is passionate about working at the convergence of different scientific disciplines, believing that the most impactful breakthroughs happen at the edges of established fields. He actively shares his knowledge by creating instructional content on YouTube for the bioinformatics community and contributes to open-source scientific software development.

Unique fact: Pritams journey began at a call center in India and led him to a Ph. D. in quantum physics, showcasing a remarkable path defined by a first-principles mindset.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Postdoctoral Scholar
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
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AI in Drug Discovery
His current role at Stanford involves using AI-driven protein design and foundation models to develop novel anesthetics and other therapeutics.
Scalable ML Systems
He has over eight years of experience building scalable ML systems, GenAI infrastructure, and production-grade data pipelines for healthcare applications.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Postdoctoral Scholar
Stanford University
4-2024 - 12-2024
Bioinformatician
DKFZ German Cancer Research Center
7-2023 - 4-2024
Data Manager
DKFZ German Cancer Research Center
7-2023 - 12-2024
Bioinformatics Engineer | UI/UX Developer
HI-TRON Mainz
11-2021 - 6-2023
Bioinformatics Consultant
Colgate-Palmolive
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Education
11-2018 - 3-2023
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Uppsala University
2014 - 2016
Master of Technology (MTech)
DY Patil University
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